Today we learned that 13 Americans were among the 20 NATO soldiers killed in a car bomb attack today in Afghanistan. I sit here and sadly shake my head wondering what it will take to end this lunacy.
President Obama rode to the White House as the only major candidate that had the foresight in 2002 to oppose an invasion of Iraq anticipating the dire consequences which would follow. This is the President that is touring the country proudly proclaiming that he is ending the war in Iraq – a process which was ironically and irrevocably set in motion in 2008 just before George Bush left office. This is the same President that has “doubled-down” in Afghanistan twice bringing our troop level from about 30,000 in 2008 to about 100,000 troops there today. This is the President that is committing the same mistakes that were committed both in Viet Nam and then again in Iraq. This is the President that cannot stand-up to the military and say “enough is enough.”
It is time to end this war and bring our troops home. This is the war that is still resulting in hundreds of deaths a year. This is the war that is costing the country of $100 billion a year. This is the war that is grossly feeding hundreds of military contractors and suppliers.
The general feeling is that the OWS movement needs a defined agenda. Ending the war and bringing our troops home is a very simple message with a simple stated goal. Maybe the OWS can adopt this simple message. Let’s end the war and allocate the hundreds of billions to our schools, job creation at home and helping those in need. Let’s really “support our troops” and bring them home.
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